Pizza Express' location on King Street in Knutsford town centre, is small but adequate, with free street parking nearby, and is a reasonable branch of the large pizzeria chain.
PRO TIP: If you're dining in, be sure to download and use the Pizza Express app, the rewards available are great and depending on your tier status you can get a bunch of free stuff including dough balls, a soft drink, large bottled water and a Romana pizza upgrade. I managed to save over £20 on my most recent trip. The prices are a tad expensive for a chain Italian without these offers, but with their loyalty scheme, it becomes very good value for money, especially as you can combine it with a Pizza Express gift card which is often available at 20% off at large retailers such as Amazon and Tesco.
The layout of this place is a little different to other Pizza Express, you enter the bar area, where there are a small number of booths, before going down a small number of steps to the larger area, where the Open Kitchen is, as well as more booths. I did find the booths in general to be much smaller and more cramped than other Pizza Express locations, and I did feel rather uncomfortable as a party of three.
Cleanliness in the restaurant could be better, my seat was full of crumbs and had not been cleaned properly, and my guest also commented that her pizza cutter was dirty, and had to be replaced.
The staff seemed friendly however and the service was quick. I ordered a Gluten-Free Pollo Ad Astra, with gluten-free dough balls, and a large bottle of tap water. The food quality again was up to the usual Pizza Express standards, not exceptional, but certainly good, for a chain Italian.
My guests ordered a La Reine Pizza, swapping ham for chicken, on a Romana base, which is their usual order and they commented that they enjoyed it again today.
3* - Reasonable Pizza Express location with good service and food quality, overall comfort and cleanliness requires immediate improvement though, until then I may not return to this specific Pizza Express but it does have a lot of positives for sure, especially for the value for money combined with Pizza Express' Gold Rewards. read more